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Mad Hoover
 The term moral insanity was first used in 1835 by Dr. James Cowles Prichard, a physician, who described it as 'madness consisting in a morbid perversion of the natural feelings, affections,...
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Jarrett
Among early Stanly County records, even beyond Stanly, into the days she was part of Montgomery, I had come across men with the first name, Jarrett. There was Jarrett Russell and Jarrett Carter, and of...
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Three Brothers
Why is it, when you come across the tale of a families early settlement in an area, or arrival from "The Old Country", it always starts with three brothers as in ,"Three Brothers followed the Old Wagon...
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Another Trip Another Pictorial
When I began this blog, every trip I made to a new county, a new courthouse, history center or Library Genealogy room, became another post. Whether a beautiful old Courthouse or a dusty basement full...
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From Franklin to Montgomery
 Great Wagon Road via WikipediaIn my previous post, I explored the family tree of the three Solomon Brothers who had migrated from Franklin County, North Carolina to the Yadkin Valley, specifically,...
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William Solomon III and Harty Bridges
 In the woods on Marty Road, just east of the town of Fayetteville, in Lincoln County, Tennesee, lies an old abandoned cemetery, not unlike so many more scattered across the southeast, remnants of a...
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The Solomons, The McGregors and The Church
The Rev. Bennett Solomon and his wife, Ava McGregor Solomon, are my Fourth Great Grandparents. I've written about them many times before. Mostly recently, I covered the subject of Bennett and his two...
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Pull Apart Bread
 Have you ever tasted any pull-apart bread? If you haven't, you're missing out. It's a cheezy, garlicy, festive indulgence into carbohydrate heaven. I've included the recipe from The Pioneer Woman, in...
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The Descendants of Bennett and Ava Solomon
 A rendering of the Old Philadelphia Meeting House in Warren County, which still stands. Smyrna may have looked very similar at its inception.Old Smyrna Church once sat just six miles outside the town...
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Bennett Solomon Jr.
William McGregor grant showing borders with Bennett and Goodwin SolomonBennett Solomon Jr. was born in Montgomery County, North Carolina about 1797. In the old land records of Montgomery County, North...
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The Road is Long : The Descendants of Rev. Jordan Solomon of Lincoln County,...
 In the later years of the psychodelic 1960's and the early years of the turbulent 1970's, lived a generation of children too young to be hippies and too old to be what folks now call Gen Xers, the...
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The Little I Know About Goodwin
When it came to the sons of William Solomon II and wife Deanna Gordon Solomon, the one I know most about was Bennett, who was my direct ancestor.That makes sense, of course, but to make sense of the...
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Henry
Henry Solomon could be the son or grandson of Goodwin Solomon. I can't say, and there may never be proof of either. Simply through the process of elimination, however, he has to be one or the other....
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Ya Gotta have Faitha
 In 1987, George Michael released his song, "Faith", which would turn into one of the biggest hits for the former Wham! singer, who died tragically young at 53. The chorus of the song begins with,...
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Fountain Piece
Odd names intrique me. In the sea of John and James and Mary's, it's a tickle and a comfort to see a Zephinah Cucumber or a Northwinn Polycarp. Why couldn't Tennesee Berrymaster or Euphrasia Coppledick...
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The Final Leaf
 It was with a heavy heart that we recently laid to rest my Uncle, Leon Dickson Lambert. He was the last of my father's siblings and the last of that branch of the family tree.There were three...
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A Simple Kind of Man
From The Movie "A Simple Man".I'm at that point in research again, where I'm waiting on possible records from the State Archives to hopefully bring answers, but the Archives seem to be very busy and...
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Short Stories: Finding Fanny
Stock photo of Young Girl from Vintage photos of Civil War EraAt the moment, I have been indulging myself in the reading of old Superior Court records from Stanly County, North Carolina that were just...
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Young Love
 Daily Concord Standard19 Jul 1894, Thu · Page 1It was not an uncommon occurance, especially in the waning days of the 19th century and the coming days of the early 20th. Education was more accessible...
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Cheaper By the Dozen
 The last family in my family tree I have been researching for months has been that of the Solomons. Three Solomon brothers, Bennett, Goodwin and William, migrated from Franklin County, NC to what is...
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